tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075580797214689120.post7911811851078145299..comments2023-10-11T16:41:47.245+02:00Comments on The Pain in Spain: Are all English teachers running from something?musicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625584727857057060noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075580797214689120.post-20075089520311125412008-11-11T22:06:00.000+01:002008-11-11T22:06:00.000+01:00Hi Kaz, Thanks for reading, and for posting! I app...Hi Kaz, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading, and for posting! <BR/><BR/>I appreciate that we're all going to have different experiences and meet different people during our TEFL times in Spain. I will say that at the last academy where I worked (Transfer), everybody was pretty professional -- and those who weren't got weeded out fairly quickly. However, at the other schools where I worked and friends ofmusicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625584727857057060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075580797214689120.post-6941688924726339572008-11-04T15:59:00.000+01:002008-11-04T15:59:00.000+01:00I find your blog both useful and amusing and have ...I find your blog both useful and amusing and have been reading it since before lunch, and have just come back from siesta to read a little bit more. (I work from 7am to 10pm with a 5-6 hr break in middle of the day, hey it's not perfect, but I'm quite new at it).<BR/><BR/>I'm a female 'teacher' (I prefer the term English coach, I'm not a teachers arse, really) here in Spain, and have taught/Just Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558608891867867356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075580797214689120.post-85151938659908414872008-09-07T14:48:00.000+02:002008-09-07T14:48:00.000+02:00Such nasty comments for an innocuous post suggesti...Such nasty comments for an innocuous post suggesting that some, and yes it does stress some (ok, the word many is also used) English teachers are a bit suspect? The author also uses "they", refering to those that do sit around and gripe about the local culture. A pastime for some, from Spain to Bolivia to Japan.<BR/><BR/>The fact remains that TEFL is a very unregulated industry. Therefore it is Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736968624248579532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075580797214689120.post-13082444857782108972008-08-12T08:30:00.000+02:002008-08-12T08:30:00.000+02:00Whilst this piece of crap was written some time ag...Whilst this piece of crap was written some time ago, I cannot leave it uncommented.<BR/><BR/>I'm not even a teacher, but if I were, I would find both the subject, and the content offensive, not thought out, and just plain provocative.<BR/>I suggest you study facts, rather than making such generalisations with your "theories".<BR/>I am surprised the moderators have not removed it, and kicked the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17844906906632970390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075580797214689120.post-78420074001896394492008-07-09T11:00:00.000+02:002008-07-09T11:00:00.000+02:00Thank you for the clarification. If you're speakin...Thank you for the clarification. If you're speaking only about the "cynical" pub crowd, that's different. There are some good jobs out there and English teachers, like me, who rarely go out because they have families to take care of, etc. In your article, it sounds as if all teachers are like the pub crowd. I actually admire their way of life because I have to work all the time, but it's a bit MadridTeacher.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727102570889688544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075580797214689120.post-66951129123903343022008-07-09T10:18:00.000+02:002008-07-09T10:18:00.000+02:00I apologize if you find it offensive. As I said in...I apologize if you find it offensive. As I said in the post, "There are plenty of nice people teaching English abroad...", so I am by no means saying that all English teachers are creeps. I am talking in the post specifically about the people who claim to hate the job and Madrid, make very little money, are not interested in Spanish language or culture or food, and yet have no desire to go back musicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625584727857057060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075580797214689120.post-46917849902261224042008-07-07T20:11:00.000+02:002008-07-07T20:11:00.000+02:00This article is a little offensive, just plain wro...This article is a little offensive, just plain wrong and exposes your lack of experience. Some of us "male" (and "female") teachers have figured out how to make a killing teaching English. Maybe it's time you start asking around and figure out how to do so yourself.MadridTeacher.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727102570889688544noreply@blogger.com